Category: Myanmar
Jade mine collapses in Myanmar, exposing a lucrative industry with a deadly record
The NLD government has not tried to take on those entrenched interests, and in mining areas, it exercises zero control.
Bridging agricultural livelihoods and energy access
Barriers and opportunities for rice and rice husk value chains in Labutta, Myanmar
The Profit Motive
Myanmar’s ‘Shock Troopers’ of Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing Linked to Jade Mining Disaster that Killed Hundreds
Popular Kachin Party Calls for Abolition of China-Backed Dam in Election Policy Platform
In the ninth point in its manifesto, the party said it would “continue to make efforts to halt the Myitsone Dam forever.”
Myanmar wriggling out of Chinese lair, reduces CMEC commitment
Under the CMEC, which is nearly 1,700-km long, China plans to implement nearly 38 projects in Myanmar, but Myanmar has cleared only nine of these.
Experts seek better management of groundwater in Myanmar
They suggested including climate change planning and social justice concerns in groundwater management.
Tackling waste with Doh Eain
The project aims to encourage people to separate their waste produce, into dry and wet material, and to compost the wet waste – to be used by the residents to grow vegetables and plants.
Sarus cranes in Myanmar: A conservation success story
In the 1960s and ’70s, the birds had gone extinct in Thailand and the Philippines.